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Finding the Scene: Ada on the Joy of Seeing Through a Camera

Ada does not call herself an artist. She calls herself someone who goes outside, looks closely, and feels at ease when she finds the right angle.

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Ada is careful about the word artist. "I don't really think of myself as an artist," she says. "I go out and take pictures because I enjoy seeing cities and nature through the camera. I enjoy the process of finding an angle or an interesting scene. I create because I feel happy and at ease when taking pictures."

Photograph of Durdle Door rock arch over a glittering blue-grey sea, a paddleboarder passing through the opening

Photograph of three people climbing over weathered wooden groyne posts on a wide sandy beach at low tide, a lamp post standing at the far end

Her development has been deliberate and slow, built on looking at others' work before trusting her own eye. "I follow photographers' work to learn and develop an eye for scenes and compositions," she says. "With time, I would like to develop a clearer style. For now I really like to capture people in different environments."

“I hope people enjoy a moment that was only a few seconds long and feel what I did when I took the photo.”

Photograph of a bronze equestrian statue framed by a gap in dense dark tree canopies, bright sky beyond, in a Parisian park

Photograph of a man standing alone at a curved iron railing by a London canal, looking out at the water between brick warehouses

The connection she hopes to make with a viewer is straightforward and personal. "I hope people enjoy a moment that was only a few seconds long and feel what I did when I took the photo," she says. That transfer of a fleeting feeling, from photographer to stranger, is what the work is for.

Photograph of a crowd of people on Primrose Hill looking toward the London skyline on a bright summer day, wide blue sky above

Black-and-white photograph looking through a narrow gap between Barbican concrete walls onto a courtyard below, small figures seated beside a canal

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